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hotel room when I draw my curtains in
the morning.
Like the Alto Atacama, excursions and
tours are included in the nightly tariff and
I join a cruise first up, travelling up the
fjord to the foot of two glaciers – Serrano
and Balmaceda. Later that afternoon I
fossick through caves housing the skeletal
remains of ancient megafauna and human
troglodytes. I ride a horse for the first
time in years, trotting along behind a
Patagonian gaucho while condors soar
overhead. And then I hike to the base of
the three granite spires inside Torres del
Paine National Park, taking all day to
reach them.
Tierra del Fuego lies further south of
here. I’ll be joining a cruise next, sailing
through this ‘Land of Fire’ at the tip of
the continent. Explorers once branded
this archipelago of glacier-capped islands
and fjords the ‘End of the World’. For me
though, it will be a whole new beginning
– and a chance for Chile to reveal more
of itself. •
Mark Daffey travelled to Chile courtesy of
LAN, Eclipse Travel, Alto Atacama, The
Singular Hotels and Australis Cruises.
TRAVEL FACTS
r Getting There
LAN Airlines operates seven
one-stop flights weekly from
Sydney to Santiago, Chile, with
onward connections to Calama
and Punta Arenas.
e Travel With
Eclipse Travel has a three-day,
two-night package staying at
the Alto Atacama hotel from
$1680 per person. It includes
meals, drinks and excursions
to explore some of northern
Chile’s spectacular scenery.
Eclipse also has a four-day,
three-night package staying at
The Singular Patagonia from
$3678 per person. All meals,
drinks, expeditions, use of the
spa facilities and transfers are
included.
Visit: [@] www.eclipsetravel.
com.au.
The Singular, Patagonia.
Star trail over the Catarpe Valley, Atacama.
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